laterality
[ lat-uh-ral-i-tee ]
noun
the use of one hand in preference to the other.: Compare handedness.
the dominance or superior development of one side of the body or brain.
Origin of laterality
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How to use laterality in a sentence
And therefore this prevalency is either uncertainly placed in the laterality, or custom determines its differency.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 2 of 3) | Thomas BrowneNeither rightness nor leftness, except through bi-laterality.
Essays in Radical Empiricism | William James
British Dictionary definitions for laterality
laterality
/ (ˌlætəˈrælɪtɪ) /
noun
psychol the difference in the mental functions controlled by the left and right cerebral hemispheres of the brain
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